LITTLE ANGEL: Lewis O'Reilly from St Joseph's in Maryland, Dublin 8, drssed as an angel during the opening of the live crib at the Mansion House. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

FALSE START: Adjusting the lights on College Street for the Luas on to College Green. A traffic signalling failure in Dublin caused traffic chaos across the city on Monday morning, the first weekday of the new Luas Cross City service. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

BLANCHARDSTOWN SHOOTING: Gardaí keep members of two families apart as one of the families prepares to leave the scene of a double shooting in Parslickstown Gardens. A baby, a 17-year-old boy and a woman were injured after being attacked with a shotgun. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

SUSPICIOUS DEATH: Gardaí remove the remains from the scene in Woodville Avenue, Lucan, where the body of a man in his 20s was discovered. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

TERROR THREAT: Police respond to a report of an explosion near Times Square on Monday, in New York. Four people suffered minor injuries after a 'terror attempt' on the subway system. Photograph: Charles Zoeller/AP

STOKING THE FIRE: A Palestinian protester kicks a flaming tire during clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Ramallah amid unrest over US president Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Photograph: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images

BLENDING IN: Tourists pose with local actors after arriving on a cruise ship in St John's in St John's, Antigua. While its sister island of Barbuda was nearly destroyed in Hurricane Irma, Antigua was left relatively untouched by the storm. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images